As Democrats began gathering on Labor Day for their nominating convention in Charlotte that kicks off today, The Washington Post reports Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan brought the fight directly to them in North Carolina, hitting President Barack Obama hard on the question of whether Americans are better off now than when Obama took office four years ago. “He can’t tell you that you’re better off,” Ryan told those who turned out for a rally in Greenville. “Simply put, the Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are now.” After Maryland’s governor, Democrat Martin O’Malley, even agreed with a questioner that Americans are not better off, the Obama campaign has begun responding aggressively to the attacks—and is likely to press the point during the convention this week. “Folks, let me make something clear—say it to the press,” Vice President Joe Biden said during a campaign stop in Detroit. “America is better off today than they left us when they left. … Let me just sum it up this way, folks. … Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.” Read the full story here.
Today’s poll question: Are you better off than you were four years ago?
